empoison
/ɪmˈpɔɪzən/
verb
- To put poison into something or to harm someone with poison.
- The villain tried to empoison the king's wine.
- Farmers sometimes empoison crops to kill pests.
- She feared someone might empoison her food.
- To make something harmful or corrupt, especially in a moral or emotional sense.
- Hate speech can empoison a community's spirit.
- Gossip can empoison a friendship over time.
- The constant lies began to empoison the team's trust.